To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Quote by Jane Austen

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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.